[smt88]

I disagree that there's nothing wrong with it.

If ad companies' employees think their ads are dangerous or annoying, how do they justify pushing that product onto users?

It's like if a vitamin company's employees refused to take their own vitamins on the grounds that they're unhealthy...

[babygoat]

It’s like if a person who works in television went to the bathroom during a commercial break. In other words, totally normal.

[smt88]

No. That's such a congruent analogy, you don't even have to change the roles.

Google is the TV channel. The employees in question aren't content producers -- they're the salespeople who sell the ads and the engineers who air them.

It's like if those people then went home and used a special device that removed ads from the TV show.

[babygoat]

The only thing about that device that’s special is that it’s freely available and free of charge.

[gt2]

Well ad blockers are a reality. They are in the Chrome app store. Using them from time to time could be seen as testing something (eating your own dogfood). It isn't the same as taking a stance against the company mission. Speaking of which, it's hard to imagine a company which has thousands of employees that all believe fully in every practice and mission of the business.